Dr. Winters is the director of the Center for Adolescent
Substance Abuse Research and an associate professor in the Department
of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. He received his B.A. from
the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in psychology (clinical) from
the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His research interests
include the assessment and treatment of adolescent drug abuse and the
prevalence and etiology of problem gambling. Dr. Winters has published
several assessment tools and numerous articles in the area of adolescent
substance abuse. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Child
and Adolescent Substance Abuse, is an associate editor for the Journal
of Gambling Studies, and is a consultant to many organizations,
including the Hennepin County Community Prevention Coalition, the Hazelden
Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment, the World Health Organization, and the Mentor Foundation
(an international drug abuse prevention organization). His previous
experience includes appointments as a psychology research scientist
at Stony Brook and a staff psychologist at a community mental health
center.